The effect minimum wage has on US economy.
For example 2500 words using theoretical or empirical analysis on why
Explain how it affected the economy by including variables such as employment, inflation , age factors.
Tag: SLA theoretical
What do the results of the False Photograph test suggest about theory of mind in 3-year-olds?What do the results of the False Photograph test suggest about theory of mind in adults with autism?
Theory of mind and pretend play
In class, we determined that researchers were likely making a type 2 error with the 3-year-old false belief tasks but not with the infant false belief task. Why do you think this is? What is it about the 3-year-old tasks but not the infant tasks that led to a type 2 error?
In the button-pushing experiment with 14-month-olds (slide 16)
What was the theoretical question?
What was the empirical question?
What were the results?
What do the results suggest about the theoretical question?
Considering the False Photograph test:
In what ways is it similar to the Sally-Anne task?
In what important way is it different than the Sally-Anne task?
What do the results of the False Photograph test suggest about theory of mind in 3-year-olds?
What do the results of the False Photograph test suggest about theory of mind in adults with autism?
Even very young children can tell when someone is just pretending.
How might the findings of the visual cliff experiment help us understand how children are able to do this?
Name or describe any other experiment that supports your answer in A.
How would the opportunities afforded by the program support the SLA theoretical base presented in this chapter? Describe in detail the connections to three theoretical frameworks.
Chapter 1 – Teacher’s Handbook, Contextualized Language Instruction
1. Analyze the script presented above for characteristics of a real conversational model using the criteria suggested by hall (1995): opening utterance, ellipsis, use of related lexical items, and expressive reactions.
2. Now analyze the script to find uses of L1 and L2. Who uses each language and for what purpose(s)?
3. What larger conversational topic might the teacher develop on the basis of the authentic gloria Estefan music? Look at the full description of the TESOL P-12 Professional Teaching Standards suggested for this Case Study.
For an ESL or an EFL class, how might such a discussion of authentic music from any of the cultures represented in the class fit into a content-based lesson?
4. What types of language-promoting assistance, as presented in Appendix 1.2 on the Teacher’s Handbook website, might the teacher have used to encourage students to speak and engage in conversation?
5. Teachers often require students to respond to questions in complete sentences so they can practice various grammatical points and new vocabulary. As we saw in the previous script, this teacher’s goal caused problems in the conversational exchange.
Students need to be able to talk in sentence form, yet a question-answer format does not always lend itself to responses in complete sentences without making the conversation seem unnatural.
What type of activity might you design that would more naturally elicit a discussion in which students express their likes and dislikes (sentences) in the language you teach?
Techno Focus: Live oral practice with native speakers using WeSpeke and LiveMocha. Throughout this chapter, you have learned about the importance of engaging learners in meaningful interactions with native speakers of the TL outside of the classroom.
Technological advances have made possible the creation of online programs through which learners can be paired up with native speakers for purposes of live oral interaction and practice.
Two popular programs available at this time are: LiveMocha (http://livemocha.com/) and WeSpeke (http://en-us.wespeke.com/).
Select one of these programs (or a different one if you are familiar with another option or if these are no longer available), access the program’s website, and explore the information you find there about the program as you answer the following questions:
1. What specific types of interactive opportunities does the program offer learners?
2. how would the opportunities afforded by the program support the SLA theoretical base presented in this chapter? Describe in detail the connections to three theoretical frameworks.
3. how do you think this type of experience might impact learner motivation? Cite several examples from the research on motivation described in this chapter to support your answer.